St. Louis Public Library Foundation Hosts Online Raffle

1st Place Includes 2018 San Diego Comic-Con Tickets

October 11, 2017

Library lovers and science fiction geeks from all over the globe can show their support for the St. Louis Public Library, while also entering to win tickets to the hottest event in the galaxy, Comic-Con 2018 in San Diego, Calif. The St. Louis Public Library Foundation is holding an online raffle to support literacy and after-school programs at St. Louis Public Library.

Raffle first prize winner will receive two tickets to Comic-Con with hotel accommodations for two nights. The second prize winner will be featured in the Lion Forge comic, “The Lion’s Den.” All prizes courtesy of Lion Forge Comics.

Every year throughout the City of St Louis, nearly 30,000 children and teens participate in literacy and after-school programs offered at St. Louis Public Library. This crucial programming is funded by the St. Louis Public Library Foundation and includes: Homework Helpers, Summer Camps, Read it Forward, Reading Pays and Born to Read.

“Born to Read is a new comprehensive early childhood initiative serving the most vulnerable in our community, children birth to age eight,” said Liz Reeves, director of the St. Louis Public Library Foundation.

Comic-Con is one of the toughest tickets on the planet to obtain and Lion Forge Comics owner David Steward donated two tickets to Comic-Con 2018 in San Diego, including hotel accommodations for two nights.

“As a comics publisher, Lion Forge knows that comics and graphic novels are a continuously growing part of libraries,” Said Steward. “We appreciate that the St. Louis Public Library is supportive of the medium as it’s a gateway to greater literacy and a love of reading. We’re proud to support the St. Louis Public Library Foundation in their pursuit to create a greater St. Louis community through outreach.”

For more information about the St. Louis Public Library Foundation’s Comic-Con 2018 Online Raffle, contact Emilee Murphree at 314-539-0343.

St. Louis Public LibrarySt. Louis Public Library has 16 locations across the city and sees more than 2.3 million visitors each year. The Library has more than four million books and items in its collection and more than 83,000 Library cardholders. St. Louis Public Library is committed to its mission of providing learning resources and information services that support and improve the St. Louis community.

St. Louis Public Library FoundationThe mission of the St. Louis Public Library Foundation is to support St. Louis Public Library programs and services through advocacy and fundraising and to build relationships with others who share a passion for the Library’s work.

Lion ForgeLion Forge is a trans-media studio with a focus on comics and publishing across all age groups. As a company committed to “Comics for Everyone,” they strive to publish titles that reflect the diversity of our world in the characters, the creators and the Lion Forge team and to create content that is just as original.